typology
noun
ty·pol·o·gy
tī-ˈpä-lə-jē 
plural typologies
1
: study of or analysis or classification based on types or categories
2
: a doctrine of theological types
especially
: one holding that things in Christian belief are prefigured or symbolized by things in the Old Testament
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Photo: Nathan Schroder The reflective quality of polished marble, especially when paired with a mirror panel, opens up the space, even as the variegated taupe veins anchor the room with their own unique typology.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
Lowering Cost and Carbon London developer HUB created a co-living design study with global architecture firm MVRDV to show a number of housing typologies that represent this conversion opportunity of commercial real estate in urban areas.
—Jennifer Castenson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Lodged in the heart of leafy, low-key Coconut Grove, the palatial hotel first opened its doors in 1985, and with its yawning indoor atrium, was then a distinguished example of that era’s typology.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2023
Milne’s chapter on Wolfowitz illustrates how these typologies transcend ideological lines.
—Cameron Munter, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2016
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
Lowering Cost and Carbon London developer HUB created a co-living design study with global architecture firm MVRDV to show a number of housing typologies that represent this conversion opportunity of commercial real estate in urban areas.
—Jennifer Castenson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Lodged in the heart of leafy, low-key Coconut Grove, the palatial hotel first opened its doors in 1985, and with its yawning indoor atrium, was then a distinguished example of that era’s typology.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2023
Milne’s chapter on Wolfowitz illustrates how these typologies transcend ideological lines.
—Cameron Munter, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2016
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“Typology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/typology. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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typology
noun
ty·pol·o·gy
tī-ˈpäl-ə-jē
plural typologies
: study of or study based on types
especially
: classification (as of personality, human physique, or bacterial strains) based on the comparative study of types
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